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Form 990 Finder: search 28,903 private foundation IRS filings, free.

Look up any U.S. private foundation by name, EIN, city, or state. Pull total giving, grant counts, median grant size, trustees, and asset base from the most recent IRS Form 990 filings. No login. Updated daily.

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Top foundations by total giving in the U.S.

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Showing 15 of 28,903 foundations

Foundation Based in Total giving Grants
Gardner Foundation Incorporated Louisville, KY $299,350 231
J5 Martin Family Foundation Greenwood Village, CO $299,350 71
Thaddeus H Waterman Trust Uw Mobile, AL $299,335 14
John W Altman Charitable Foundation Reno, NV $299,320 12
Farrell Family Foundation Eden Prairie, MN $299,284 195
John C Enk Char Residual Trust Brooklyn, OH $299,267 66
The Civic Affairs Trust Saint Paul, MN $299,267 13
Meda Graham Educational Fund Inc Detroit, MI $299,261 4
Mark & Jannie Wu Family Fdn Pennington, NJ $299,250 24
Father Ferdinand Fent Travel Trust Dallas, TX $299,227 10
Randy L Wendt Foundation Amarillo, TX $299,199 23
Fountain Inn All Sports Booster Club Fountain Inn, SC $299,163 80
Karol Uryga-nawarowski Foundation Castro Valley, CA $299,149 102
Ruth Warshaw Memorial Foundation Inc Carlstadt, NJ $299,140 52
The Hurt Family Foundation Bellevue, NE $299,117 45
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Foundations file 990s in the state where they hold legal domicile. Explore where private foundations are most concentrated across the U.S.

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Category Foundations
Education 1,632
Human services 736
Health care 658
Religion-related 475
Arts, culture & humanities 363
Youth development 321
Community improvement 198
Philanthropy & grantmaking 151

Browse by major cities in the U.S.

City Total giving
Dallas, TX $254.0M
Pittsburgh, PA $166.0M
Las Vegas, NV $146.3M
New York, NY $137.8M
Chicago, IL $129.8M
Wilmington, DE $94.8M
Milwaukee, WI $81.7M
Saint Louis, MO $60.9M
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